8 hours ago
Monkey dust user heard 'coded messages' before stealing Royal Stoke Hospital ambulance
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Chronicle Live, Birmingham Mail, and BBC News UK are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 10 Nov 2026, 11:37 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Monkey dust user heard 'coded messages' before stealing Royal Stoke Hospital ambulance”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Marshall Leese, 32, took the ambulance from a triage area outside Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent while an elderly patient was receiving treatment in the back, a court heard
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC News UK
- New development reported by Birmingham Mail
Monkey dust user stole Stoke-on-Trent ambulance and drove through red lights
- New development reported by Chronicle Live
Monkey dust user heard 'coded messages' before stealing Royal Stoke Hospital ambulance
Same story, different outlets
3 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.